NEW JERSEY DAILY BRIEFING;Youth Had Gun, Police Say

The teen-ager shot to death by a narcotics detective on Tuesday night in Newark's West Ward had pointed a gun at two officers, officials said yesterday.

According to the police, 18-year-old Rashaan Plummer was shot while running away from detectives who had approached a group of men outside a restaurant. Officers said a semiautomatic handgun that had been stolen from an East Orange residence last year was found at the scene. The Essex County Prosecutor's office is investigating the shooting.